Why Join Our Residency?
Our residents put together this Top 25 list of highlights within the residency and within Madison:
- A slew of colleagues – faculty, residents, medical students, social workers, nurses – who share a genuine enthusiasm for psychiatry and love for the work we do.
- Madison is quite possibly the greatest city in the world – and has been consistently recognized for high quality of life, safety, environmental and social responsibility, and for being a great place to raise a family. (And our new parental leave policy allows for 6 weeks paid off to welcome a new family member via birth, adoption, foster care, or legal guardianship!)
- Caring environment and great support system for residents, which includes other residents, faculty and staff.
- You’ll work with approachable, kind, well-balanced and exceedingly intelligent faculty.
- Everyone involved in the program makes an effort to get to know each resident, and goals and support are custom-tailored to fit each resident’s needs.
- Collegiality!
- Madison is a progressive, affordable and beautiful town with tons of culture and outdoor opportunities.
- The Program Coordinator and Program Manager are accessible and truly interested in interacting with residents.
- You will work with nationally regarded faculty who are leaders in their field and are available and willing to teach and mentor residents.
- There is a “work hard, play hard” attitude that ensures high quality education and balance.
- Residents get close supervision balanced with encouraging autonomy and working independently.
- Residents have high pass rate on psychiatry boards.
- Wisconsin is a treasure to explore. If you like to hike, bike, kayak, bird watch, fish, or more, this is a fantastic place – and you will have friends to join you.
- There have been many exciting new educational initiatives started within the last few years, e.g., Research Track, Community Psychiatry Track and Clinical Educator Track.
- Faculty and residents have diverse backgrounds and interests, including an interest in resident education.
- The residents are smart, non-competitive, supportive and fun.
- Madison is an easy town to live and work in. Despite its size, Madison has an abundance of both cultural activities and entertainment options.
- The faculty and residents engage in innovative research that pushes the edges of existing knowledge.
- The program offers a broad range of settings in which to learn and practice psychiatry.
- Three years of continuity with outpatients allows residents to see outpatient treatment work, and to work through challenges in the outpatient setting.
- The Dane County Farmers’ Market!
- Nearly 30 unique electives, such as the Eating Disorders Clinic, Mindfulness-Based Group Therapy, Sleep Disorders, Addiction Psychiatry, and more.
- Excellent benefits, wonderful health insurance, world-class facilities.
- Great breakfasts: morning buns from Lazy Jane Cafe, donuts at Greenbush bakery, donut muffins at Marigold Kitchen.
- You will without a doubt feel confident in your ability to practice psychiatry upon completion of the program.